January Beach Poems

It's snowing in Tallahassee
It's very cold in Miami
It's very slippery under the palm trees
And it's very cool in Haiti.

It's snowing heavily in Florida
All the streets...

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Hot summer afternoons 
and the call 
of glistening water lapped
a child's mind with a want.
Just home from work
we would pester our father
until he relinquished
and took...

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Lulled to sleep courtesy white noise of the fan

Onset of first 2023 heatwave
found yours truly lulled to sleep
courtesy rattle and hum
(U2 can dreamily tread 
where...

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I was off for my vacation. After a long flight and drive, I reached my cozy apartment. Stars like diamonds filled the cold January night....

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East sea capricious invites frolickers
          Lose all resolution fighting her euphoria 
    ...

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January…new year, new me.
Met you and now I’m happy. 
We watched the ball drop and kissed at midnight.


My February Valentine
hearts and flowers because you’re mine
as...

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Behold the shout of “SEA!” where ends the land
  down Manzanilla way on windward shore -
on coconut road, on ribbons of sand
  where...

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I was reading by a lamp,                                       ...

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*Image of Conch Shell by Pixabay.

The Conch Shell

The
Conch
Shell is
a marvel.
Its curling feature
is a phenomenon, in and
of itself, yet it enables you to wonder the
sort of...

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Standing at the edge of the bay,
I imagine a watery grave where lie
Remains of an old Spanish galleon
Laden with silver coins encrusted
Barnacles and unsalvaged treasure,
Where...

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shadows on water
cottony clouds overhead
peaceful vacation
low hum of conversation
loving couples on the beach

written January 4, 2022...

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come to me dear friends 
I am at the sunset beach 
sunset colours are 
meaningfully eclectic
orange gray red blue and green

seated by their side
I can...

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Sun weaves lattice of pearls
shining in splendor on crowns of waves as they sail
curving curls.

In golden trance 
spinning on tossing water trail
sands dance.

Beach raised
from under...

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Kitchen Is Open

A Hawaiian
sun blisters
fine grains of beached sand, unaware
to some assured wandering of tender
soles stumbled
swiftly altering
run judiciously

Prepared bodies
rotisserie spirals
evenly baked oily skins glistened among
beads...

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feeling the sand, hotter
through my naked toes with a gentle caress from
saltwater

alive, smiling
through fresh sea air, enlightening
guiling

I breathe
gentle caress
seethe

feeling the sand, hotter
through fresh sea air,...

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